Healthy Spinach Artichoke Chicken Casserole

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This Healthy Spinach Artichoke Chicken Casserole is total comfort food.It’s easy to make, packed withprotein, brimming with spinach and artichoke hearts and full of flavor.

Cheesy casseroles are always a crowed pleaser.

This grain free, healthy spinach artichoke chicken casserole is just that.

It's packed with protein and tons of vegetables in a delicious creamy, cheesy base. This beautiful complete meal is not lacking in flavor and will have your family asking for seconds.

This casserole is full of wholesome, nourishing, real food ingredients.

So many casseroles are packed with processed ingredients or heavily layered with a mayonnaise base. You won't find either of those in this healthy casserole!

I grew up in the 80's, a time when everything was fat-free this and low-fat that and processed foods were a big deal ... and cheap.

That's what I grew up with. And I get it. I know my mom did the best she could for us, and tight times meant some foods that were cheaper and processed.

She did however make a pretty mean casserole that I loved and it was mostly full of real food ingredients. Yes, it was topped with crumbled up potato chips, but I loved it.

One of my goals with Recipes to Nourish is to help people eat healthier. Sometimes that means learning new information. For example, fat is NOT our enemy.

Here's the deal, traditional foods do not include low-fat or fat-free ingredients that have been stripped of their nutritional value.

Healthy fats like grass-fed butter, ghee, avocado oil, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, etc. are indeed healthy.

And on that note, I am so happy that one of my favorite brands for cultured dairy, Nancy’s, has a newly releasedwhole milkcottage cheese. High protein, cultured whole milk organic cottage cheese is an option now!

It’s very hard to find quality, authentic, cultured, WHOLE MILK cottage cheese these days. Pretty much everything on the market is fat free, low fat and lacking inlive cultures.

And all of that protein goodness goes into this healthy spinach artichoke chicken casserole.

I grew up withNancy’syogurt, so it's a brand that I've been using for many, many years.

As a kid I didn’t know much about the history of Nancy’s, I just knew that I liked the tanginess and creaminess of their yogurt. But as an adult, I learned that Nancy’s is an awesome company and so inline with my thoughts on real food and sustainability.

One of my favorite things about this company is that they have been focusing on sustainability and organic practices way before it became popular. I also love that they are family owned and operated in Eugene, Oregon {since 1960}.

I also love that they offer TRUE live probiotic cultured products. Their whole milk cottage cheese has billions of live active probiotic cultures! Isn't thatamazing?!

Probiotics are so important for gut-health!

WHERE TO FIND NANCY’S COTTAGE CHEESE

You can find Nancy’s Organic Whole Milk Cottage Cheese and other Nancy’s products atastore near you by entering your city or zip code into their store locator. In Northern California, Nancy’s productscan be found at most Raleys and Bel Air Markets, Sprouts Farmers Market, Nugget Markets, Whole Foods Market and many natural foods co-op grocery stores.

Check out these other delicious recipes that I’ve created for Nancy's too: Grain Free Chai Spiced Pear Coffee Cake, High Protein Raspberry Cheesecake Smoothie,High ProteinGolden Milk Smoothie,Healthy Raspberry Swirl Frozen Yogurt,Healthy Low Carb Cauliflower Breakfast Casserole,Healthy Chicken Broccoli Casserole,andHealthy Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Breakfast Strata.

With cooler weather setting in and the holidays upon us, this casserole is sure to please whether it's your family sitting around the table together or guests coming over for a cozy meal.

Healthy Spinach Artichoke Chicken Casserole

Yield: 6-8

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

This Healthy Spinach Artichoke Chicken Casserole is total comfort food. It’s easy to make, packed with protein, brimming with spinach and artichoke hearts and full of flavor.

Ingredients

2 cooked skinless chicken breast, preferably organic, shredded or cubed
2 tablespoon avocado oil or melted grass-fed butter or ghee
½ cup Nancy's Organic Whole Milk Cottage Cheese
¾ cup Nancy's Organic Cultured Sour Cream (my favorite sour cream!)
2 cups shredded mozzarella, preferably organic - divided
¼ cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
1 teaspoon mineral-rich salt (my favorite salt)
1 ½ teaspoon garlic granules or garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried thyme
Juice and zest of ½ lemon
2 cups fresh organic spinach
18 oz drained artichoke hearts, halved (drain and discard liquid!)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 1 ½ qt. casserole dish with healthy fat of choice and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, add cooked shreddedchicken, healthy fat of choice, cottage cheese and sour cream. Give it a quick stir to combine. Add 1 ½ cups shredded cheese, parsley, sea salt, garlic, thyme, lemon juice and lemon zest. Stir until fully combined and evenly distributed. Gently fold in the spinach and artichoke hearts just until combined. Pour mixture into the greased casserole dish and sprinkle the remaining ½ cup shredded cheese over the top of the casserole.
Bake at375 degrees F for 40-50 minutes, or until the cheesy top is lightly golden brown.
Let the casserole sit for 10 minutes before serving.

Notes

Best Chicken to Use: You can use leftover roastedchicken,chickenthat has been cooked in an Instant Pot or slow cooker then shredded orchickenthat has been boiled. My preference is shreddedchickenthat has been cooked in anInstant Pot.

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DO NOT use marinated or pickled artichokes! This recipe calls for drained artichokes - please make sure to drain them and discard the liquid! I use these whole artichoke hearts.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 8Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 215Total Fat: 16gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 285mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 1gSugar: 7gProtein: 9g

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